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Ranking every World Series winners in history

By Staff

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 05: Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley and his manager, Walter Alston, exchange hugs and grins after bringing Brooklyn its first World Series championship in history. Flock did it the hard way, winning the final game in Yankee Stadium. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 05: Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley and his manager, Walter Alston, exchange hugs and grins after bringing Brooklyn its first World Series championship in history. Flock did it the hard way, winning the final game in Yankee Stadium. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA – 1911. The Philadelphia Athletics $100,000. infield poses together in 1911 in Shibe Park. They are (L-R) Stuffy McInnis, Danny Murphy, Frank ‘Home Run’ Baker, Jack Barry, and Eddie Collins. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA – 1911. The Philadelphia Athletics $100,000. infield poses together in 1911 in Shibe Park. They are (L-R) Stuffy McInnis, Danny Murphy, Frank ‘Home Run’ Baker, Jack Barry, and Eddie Collins. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) /

27. 1911 Philadelphia Athletics

101-50, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-2 Over New York

The 1911 Philadelphia Athletics ran roughshod over the rest of the American League with a record of 101-50 to capture the fourth pennant in franchise history and the second in a row. The defending World Champions became just the second team to repeat by defeating the New York Giants 4-2 in the Fall Classic.

Home Run Baker – who led the league with 11 long balls – hit .334/.379/.508 with 114 RBI and scored 96 runs. Baker, a Hall of Fame third baseman, along with first baseman Stuffy McGinnis (.321/.361/.425), Hall of Fame second baseman Eddie Collins (.365/.451/.481) and shortstop Jack Berry (.265/.333/.344) made up the “$100,000 infield,” which is still known as one of the best units in Major League Baseball history and helped the A’s compile the highest scoring lineup in the league (861 runs). Philadelphia also led the AL in home runs (35), batting average (.296), on-base percentage (.357) and slugging percentage (.398).

No one-trick pony, the A’s allowed the fewest runs in the league as well (602) thanks to a strong pitching staff that featured Jack Coombs (28-12, 3.53), Hall of Famer Eddie Plank (23-8, 2.10), Cy Morgan (15-7, 2.70), Hall of Famer Chief Bender (17-5, 2.16) and Harry Krause (11-8, 3.04).

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